A Commercial Tie-Up Bring High-Energy Nuclear Electric Propulsion Closer to Reality

Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been…

Very bright fireball, sonic boom over Indiana, U.S.

A very bright fireball was observed over central Indiana at around 09:05 UTC (04:05 local time)…

Are Geminid meteors striking the moon? See videos

?????1??????????????2024?12?8?22?34?35??????360fps????(?????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/iHUq9EuXQg — ???? (@dfuji1) December 8, 2024 Check out this video from Japanese astronomer Daichi…

ESA Astronaut Reserve at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre

The first half of the ESA Astronaut Reserve in the training hall at the European Astronaut…

New Technique for Spotting Dyson Rings Unveiled.

Dyson spheres and rings have always held a special fascination for me. The concept is simple,…

ESA – The Netherlands from Sentinel-1C

Less than a week after its launch, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite has delivered its first radar…

High Velocity Clouds Comprise Less of the Milky Way’s Mass Than We Thought

Sometimes in astronomy, a simple question has a difficult answer. One such question is this: what…

Swarm vs. space radiation – the first 10 years

Enabling & Support 10/12/2024 50 views 2 likes Satellites in orbit can become absentminded. Space radiation…

Sentinel-1C captures first radar images

Applications 10/12/2024 690 views 15 likes Less than a week after its launch, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C…

What if we find alien life and don’t recognize it?

This artist’s image depicts part of a model of Earth’s tree of life. When humans finally…